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  1. A close up of an orange lobster caught by Iain Matheson off Skye. There is a blue glove beside to give a scale of its size.

  2. A view up a white wind turbine tower to its hub and long blades. There is another turbine nearby. The sky above is blue with wispy white cloud.

  3. A close-up of a red and white sign on barriers at Torvean Swing Bridge. The sign has the word "stop" in white capital letters.

  4. The entrance of the Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway with a car passing by and a pedestrian walking towards the front door

  5. Visitors to The Inverness Castle Experience stand looking at an exhibit called the Rose Window. The visitors are bathed in light from the stained glass window.

  6. The funicular railway is a long metal rail installed on a mountainside. A purple, railway carriage-like vehicle travels along the rail. The ground below is covered in snow and beyond is sweeping landscape of hills and lochs.

  7. Frankfurt skyline bathed in a golden glow of sunlight.

  8. Roland Crichton is a middle aged man with short grey hair. He is standing outside and there are trees in the background. He is wearing a grey Highland dress jacket over a white shirt and a purple tie.

  9. A grey metal sign on the sandstone block exterior wall of the High Court in Edinburgh. The sign has a royal crest and the words: "High Court of Justiciary".

  10. Megan Keith of Scotland celebrates finishing in third place following the Women's 5,000m Final on day seven of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games at Scotstoun Stadium on July 30, 2026 in Glasgow

  11. Three people in breathing apparatus are surrounded by smoke while trying to put out a wildfire.

  12. An aerial view showing the front of UHI Inverness.

  13. Five tourists holding up their phones to take photographs. They are in the Scottish Highlands. Mountains and a trainline can be seen in the background.

  14. A person wearing a cap, face covering and a protective jacket sprays water on to flames burning across an area of moorland

  15. Claire Kellerman pictured with her mum actress Sally Kellerman in 1997. Claire has long, fair hair and wears a dark top and neck scarf. Sally has shoulder-length blonde hair and wears a black top, several gold necklaces and a red blazer. Both smile for the camera.

  16. Person taking a selfie on a rocky mountain ridge, wearing a red hiking top and backpack, with rugged stone formations, grassy slopes, and dramatic cloudy skies in the background.

  17. An empty road in an empty isles landscape. The sky is grey.

  18. A woman in red jumper and grey trousers on ropes down the side of a hill in Glencoe.

  19. The restaurant is a white walled building. It is pictured at dusk with a pink sky behind it.

  20. A silver stethoscope on a blue background.

  21. Inverness Royal Academy is a large, box-shaped modern building.

  22. A woman and a man sit at a picnic bench with a view from Plockton of a loch and distant hills and mountains.

  23. Sheep being herded down a corridor between pens with metal gates at Lairg lamb sales.

  24. A tall sandstone building stands at the end of a street fillwed with people and vehicles. Blue skies fill the background with a few white clouds.